An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout
An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout

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Drone maker XAG in drive to automate rice farming in China amid labour shortage, Covid-19

  • XAG, one of China’s largest makers of agricultural drones, expects its JetSeed direct seeding system to become more widely adopted
  • Competition with DJI in China remains heated, as the world’s biggest maker of commercial drones sharpens its focus on industrial applications

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Yujie Xue
Yujie Xue in Shenzhen

Updated: 5:02pm, 29 May, 2020

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An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout
An XAG drone, attached with the company’s own JetSeed granule system, spreads rice seeds at a farm in the Zengcheng District of Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout
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